Baggage cover



Feb. 17, 1925. 1,526,839

- M. E. DEMPSEY Patented Feb. 17, 1925..

PATENT OFFICE.

MARY E. DEKPSEY, OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA.

BAG-GAGE COVER.

Application filed October 9, 1922. Serial No. 593,401.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it own that I, MARY E. DEMPSEY, a citizen 'of the United States, anda resident of the city of San Luis Obispo, county of San Luis Obispo,State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements inBaggage Covers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object a cover for the protection of baggageagainst dust, abrasions, and rough handling and which cover may becollapsed or folded into a minimum of space when not in use. Otherobjects will appear from the drawings and specifications which follow.

By referring to the accompanying drawings my invention will be madeclear.

Fig. 1 shows my invention employed as a cover to a conventionalsuitcase.

Fig. 2 shows structural details of the cover of Fig. l in out-foldedplan view.

, Fig. 3 shows my cover as applied to a Gladstone bag.

Fig. 4 is a view of the cover of Fig. 3 with the Gladstone bag removedand the cover outfolded.

Throughout the figures similar numerals refer to identical parts. a

My cover consists primarily of two ieces of flexible material 1 and 2respective being partly superimposed and secure to gether by a pluralityof fasteners as 3, 4, 5, 6. Rows of snaps as 7, 8 and 9, 10 and 11, 12and 13, 14 are provided along the respective edges of the cover so thatwhen placed around a traveling bag as in Fi 1. the edge 15 engages theedge 16, the end edge 17 engages the edge 18, the edge 19 engages theedge 20 and the edge 21 enfl gages the edge 22, thus forming a suitablyshaped container in which the suit case is inserted leaving the handle23 exposed throufgh the opening 24.

A ap 25 is then passed under the handle to cover the opening 24 andsnapped into position at 26. The snaps 27 along the edge 28 are engagedwith corresponding snaps 29 along the edge 30. The suit case is nowcompletely enclosed and is protected from dust and dirt and damage fromrough handling.

The material of which the two parts 1 and 2 are made is preferablyflexible and a second row of snaps as 31 may be provided along oppositeedges and the edges 18, 15 be folded over the edges 17, 16 and the sec-0nd row of snaps 31 engaged with the rows 10 and 7, and thus the covermay be reduced in size to suitably fit a smaller ba When the cover isout of use the piece 1 1s separated from the piece 2 by disengaging thesnaps 3, 4, 5, 6, and the two parts rolled into a single collapsed packae of any conventional shape of greatly re uced size and readily adaptedto be packed in the side 5 pockets of an automobile.

I claim:

A cover for baggage comprising two pieces of flexible material ada tedto be partly superimposed and of a s ape when en aged along their edgesto enclose an article of baggage, connectin means for said edgescomprising a plura ity of rows of snaps on said pieces constructed andadapted to join said pieces to enclose a plurality 75 of sizes ofbaggage, a to opening in said closure for a baggage han le to pass throuh and a flap to cover said opening under said p MARY E. DEMPSEY.

